The Victoria West: earliest prepared core technology in the Acheulean at Canteen Kopje and implications for the cognitive evolution of early hominids

doi:10.1098/rsos.170288

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	The Victoria West: earliest prepared core technology in the Acheulean at Canteen Kopje and implications for the cognitive evolution of early hominids
	Li, Hao 1; Kuman, Kathleen 2; Lotter, Matt G.3; Leader, George M.4; Gibbon, Ryan J.5
	2017-06-01
发表期刊	ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
卷号	4 期号:6
文章类型	Article
摘要	Prepared core technology illustrates in-depth planning and the presence of a mental template during the core reduction process. This technology is, therefore, a significant indicator in studying the evolution of abstract thought and the cognitive abilities of hominids. Here, we report on Victoria West cores excavated from the Canteen Kopje site in central South Africa, with a preliminary age estimate of approximately 1 Ma (million years ago) for these cores. Technological analysis shows that the Victoria West cores bear similarities to the 'Volumetric Concept' as defined for the Levallois, a popular and widely distributed prepared core technology from at least 200 ka (thousand years ago). Although these similarities are present, several notable differences also occur that make the Victoria West a unique and distinctive prepared core technology; these are: elongated and convergent core shapes, consistent blow directions for flake removal, a predominance of large side-struck flakes, and the use of these flakes to make Acheulean large cutting tools. This innovative core reduction strategy at Canteen Kopje extends the roots of prepared core technology to the latter part of the Early Acheulean and clearly demonstrates an increase in the cognitive abilities and complexities of hominids in this time period.
关键词	Victoria West Levallois Prepared Core Technology Early Acheulean Cognitive Evolution
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
DOI	10.1098/rsos.170288
关键词[WOS]	NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE ; GESHER-BENOT-YAAQOV ; SOUTH-AFRICA ; STONE-AGE ; SOCIAL BRAIN ; MIDDLE ; ARCHAEOLOGY ; ORIGINS ; ISRAEL ; KONSO
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI
语种	英语
项目资助者	Chinese Academy of Sciences Pioneer Hundred Talents Program ; Chinese Academy of Sciences Strategic Priority Research Program(XDPB05) ; China-South Africa Bilateral Programme in Palaeolithic Archaeology(88480) ; Paleontological Scientific Trust (PAST) ; National Research Foundation of South Africa
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000404843200030
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7786
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Univ Witwatersrand, Sch Geog Archaeol & Environm Studies, ZA-2050 Johannesburg, South Africa 3.Univ Pretoria, Dept Anthropol & Archaeol, Lynnwood Rd, ZA-0083 Pretoria, South Africa 4.Univ Penn, Dept Anthropol, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA 5.Univ Cape Town, Dept Geol Sci, ZA-7701 Rondebosch, South Africa
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Hao,Kuman, Kathleen,Lotter, Matt G.,et al. The Victoria West: earliest prepared core technology in the Acheulean at Canteen Kopje and implications for the cognitive evolution of early hominids[J]. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE,2017,4(6).
APA	Li, Hao,Kuman, Kathleen,Lotter, Matt G.,Leader, George M.,&Gibbon, Ryan J..(2017).The Victoria West: earliest prepared core technology in the Acheulean at Canteen Kopje and implications for the cognitive evolution of early hominids.ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE,4(6).
MLA	Li, Hao,et al."The Victoria West: earliest prepared core technology in the Acheulean at Canteen Kopje and implications for the cognitive evolution of early hominids".ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 4.6(2017).